Freida Pinto to be a Bond Girl

The Slumdog Millionaire star and face of L'Oreal has apparently been hand picked by the director of the next Bond movie, Sam Mendes, to play one of Daniel Craig's love interests - lucky girl.The role is a dream jobe for any actress - who amongst you wouldn't want to be a Bond beauty dressed to kill?

She follows in the footsteps of Grace Jones, Halle Berry, Eva Green, Diana Rigg and Ursula Andress to name but a few, and we expect some serious glamour - not to mention some covetable costumes - from her appearance.

The new James Bond movie is set to start shooting in late summer in Buckinghamshire and Afghanistan.